Stress Ecology: Environmental Stress as Ecological Driving Force and Key Player in Evolution

By Christian E.W. Steinberg

Book Overview

Why a small worm is not crazy (Introduction).-Activation of oxygen: Multipurpose tool.-Defense means against pathogens and parasites: Reactive oxygen species.- Arms race between plants and animals: Biotransformation system.- Heat shock proteins: The minimal, but universal, stress proteome.- Heavy metals: Defense and ecological utilization.- The potential of stress response: Ecological transcriptomics.- Not all is in the genes: microRNAs, transgenerational effects, and epigenetics.- The actual response: Ecological proteomics and metabolomics.- Whatever doesn't kill you might make you stronger: Hormesis.- Multiple stressors as environmental realism: Synergism or antagonism.- One stressor prepares for the next one to come: Cross-tolerance.-Longevity: Risky shift in population structure?.- Footprints of stress in communities.-Environmental stresses: Ecological driving forces and key player in evolution.-References.-Appendices, -Abbreviations and Glossary, -Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400798970
• ISBN13: 9789400798977
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"